Phonograph-horn.



PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

F. B. NORMAN. PHONOGRAPH HORN. APPLIOLTIOI FILED APR. 9, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. NOR-MAX, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNUR 0F ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL l.

' KOPATOUSKY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

PHONOGRAPH-HORN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April il, 1907. Serial No. 367,157,

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

v New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonograph-Horns; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a phonograph horn, and is designed to provide a horn that is adapted to be folded up, and is'made of separable portions embodying a tapered sleeve at the small end, arms to be detachably secured thereto to form the lar e end, anc a covering of fabric to be attac ed onone end. to the tapered sleeve, and ada ted to be buttoned or clasped to. the ends 0 the rods forming the large end of the horn.

The invention is further designed to provide means for limiting the entrance of the rods forming the large end of the horn into the ta ered sleeve, and also to provide a covering or the large end that can be folded up into a small space, this covering usually or preferably being made of oiled linen, or a similarly stiffened fabric which will throw the sound, giving it a tone that is noticeable from the absence of harshness, and this covering being detachable from both ends, it can be packed away, when, the horn is in its condensed shape, with great ease.

The invention is illustrated in the acoom panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view half in section and half in elevation of the improved born when it is assembled. Fig. 2 is an end view of the taered sleeve looking into the big end thereof. ig. 3 is a view of one of the rods, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fabric covering when it is detached from the horn.

In my horn I employ a tapered sleeve 10 which is' provided on one endwith a portion 11 which is adapted to receive the sound for transmission, and near the larger end of the tapered portion is arranged an annular rib 12. On the end of the tapered sleeve is a strip 13 brazed, soldered or similarly secured to the tapered portion 10,, and this strip is provided, at suitable points, with the corrugations or channels 14, which are bent down on the insldc edge as at 13,;in Fig. 1, to form a stop, as will be described hereinafter. Into each of the channels 14 is slid the squared end 15 of a suitable rod 16, these rods having the curvature desired to 've the horn the necessary shape, and on t e end that forms the flared end of the born, that is on the outerend of the rods, are the buttons 17 These buttons receive the; clasp pieces or sockets 18 which are attached to the big end of the fabric coverin 19. These clasp pieces 18 can be replaced y any suitable equivalent, andthe fabric covering. 19 can be made either elastic or non-elastic, as desired. The small end of the fabric covering for the horn is secured on the tapered sleeve between the annular rib. 12 and the mouthpiece 11. The small end of the fabric covering is attached as at 20, and is prevented from sliding or slipping offby the rib 12, and a suitable wire or cord 21 can be inserted in the small end of around the horn, this cord havin either aspring or being elastic, or if desired itcan be made non-elastic and can be tied.

When the horn is assembled, the tapered sleeve is taken and fitted with all the rods 16, and the fabric covering is then slid onto the tapered sleeve from its smallest end, or the end having the mouth piece, and when the small end of the fabric covering tightens up against the annular rib 12, the large end of the fabric covering can have the buttons 18 snapped over the studs 1-7, and the horn is complete.

It will, of course, be understood that the fabric covering can be printed or similarly ornamented to make a decorated horn, and it can be made with sufficient elasticity to it to cause a tight binding. The horn will kee its shape by reason of the squared ends of the rods 16 fitting in the channels 14', and thus being prevented from turning and marring the symmetry of the horn. I

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is.

1. A honogra h horn comprising-a tapered s eeve, rods fitting in the ta ered sleeve in extension thereof and indivicfiially detachable, means for preventing the rods from turning, and a fabric covering having one end secured to the tapered sleeve, and the other end secured to the projecting ends of the rods.

s'di'yidu'a'l taperedsleeve I a 13. .A'phonograph horn comprising-a tarev 2'. A phonograph" horn comprising j-a ta- O e stiffening rods inside the fabric and being-inpered sleeve oni'itsfsmall end, the large end of the. tapered :s'leeve having rectangular fabric covering vits other end secure to the rods.

Q41 A phonograph- 110m. comprising a tapeifed'sleeve, an annular rib on the ta ered sleeve near its large end,"rods indivi' ualljy and detachably secured to the largejend of the" tapered sleeve, and a fabric covering having one-end detachably, secured to, the projecting ends 'of'the rods,' the small end of the fabric being secured aronndthe tapered sleeve .beyond-thejannular rib v I h horn comprising}; ma:-

5 phonogra P xed sleeve, ro s secured to the tapered sleeve and. projecting from; its-large end,

ans-on the end'sof the 'Q S i 1' r f b coVGIlDQthQIQtO, meansfor attaching 1 a 111-, to the securing means on the ends;of' the .rods, anannular ribon the ta eredlsle'eve, and meansfor binding thesmal end of the fabric covering around the-tapered sleeve adjacent to the annular rib.

A'. phonograph horn comprisinga ta pered sleeve, the sleeve onits largeend hav- "ing a series of channels of rectangular cross- .section, rods having rectangular ends to fit 1therectangularchannels-of the sleeve to pre'- '1 vent the Y rods from turning,- an J annular rib around )the tapered sleeve adjacent to: the

the tapered sleeve intothefabric covering,

fabriccovering to the ends of therods g ;7. A lphonograpl rhorn comprislng a'ta pered s e eve .provlded Iwith a rectangular. 1 means onits large end for receiving a set of rods, rods having rectangular endsto fit into, the: rectangular receiving means of the tapere'dsleevepmeans for limiting the move-- pered sleeve, rods secured to t nd detachably secured to the thereof and havingv an outward-spring acchannel's, rods having their ends formed .to g fitthechannelsand placed therein, 'and a u tside of the rods: secured on one end to the ta ,ered'sleeve, and having ward s ring action, and'a r secure to. the ends of the rods and the ta- .closing the rods to limit their spread and to K be stretched thereb l on- 4 the tapered" sleeve, a fabric-covering, 'means' fOr securmgthe fabric covermgf and means for securing the other end of the g I "I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of covering-secured to the projecting ends ofthe rods and to the taperedsleeve.

- 8. A phonograph horn com rising a tae large end tion, and a fabric covering inclosing the rods and limiting their spread and adapted to be stretched thereby, 9. A. phonograph horn comprising a tafp'ered sleeve, rods detachably s'ecuredto the "large-end thereof, the rods 2 having an outfabric covering pered sleeve and hid I osing the rodsto limit their spread.

- 10'. A phonograph horn: comprising a sleeve, a v et ofrods secured thereto and having a sipring action tending to spread them, and a abric covering detachably secured to thesleeve'and the ends of the rods and 'in- 11. A- phonograph horn corr-l gising va sleeve, a series of bent rods ,detac ably-secured to the sleeve, a fabric covering inclos ing the. rods and stretchedby them, .00- operating' elements on the'ends of the rods covering to the sleeve.

12. A phonograph horn comprising a .sleeve, a'set of rods adafpted to project there-' orm the Walls of the I h'orn, the fabric bemg detachable from the from, and a fabric to sleeve and ,the rods, andthe rods being detachable from the sleeve." A

13. A phonograph horn' comprising a sleeve, a set ofrods rojecting therefrom, 'a

fabric covering for t 1e rods and the end of :the sleeve,- and means for detachably secur' ing the ends of the rods to the fabric: covering, the securing meansinsurrng the'spacing of the-rods; on their ends. v

'In testimony, that, I olaimth'e foregoing,

April .1907

FRANK NORMAN.

Witnesses:

- WM. H. CAMFIELD,

E. A. PELL and the fabric coveringto' detachably secure them together, and means for attaching the 

